United States

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /juːˌnaɪ.tɪd ˈsteɪts/, /jʊˌnaɪ.tɪd ˈsteɪts/

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Proper noun

the United States

1. (in the singular) shortened form of the United States of America
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2. (in the plural) The collection of individual states of the United States of America.
3. (military) Includes the land area, internal waters, territorial sea, and airspace of the United States, including the following:
   • US territories, possessions, and commonwealths; and
   • Other areas over which the US Government has complete jurisdiction and control or has exclusive authority or defense responsibility
4. (nation's name) Federal nation consisting of several states, actual, historical or hypothetical.

   Republic of the United States of Brazil.

   The United States of Europe.

Meronyms

• (states of the United States) state of the United States; Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming

Coordinate terms

• (countries of North America) country of North America; Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Canada, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, United States ^{(Categories: en:Countries, en:Countries of North America)}

Derived terms

• U.S. American, United Statesian

Translations

The United States

• Arabic: الولايات المتحدة (ar) (al-wilayāt al-muttáḥida) f pl
• Armenian: Միացյալ Նահանգներ (hy) (Miac’yal Nahangner)
• Azeri: Amerika Birləşmiş Ştatları (az)
• Basque: Ameriketako Estatu Batuak (eu)
• Belarusian: Злучаныя Штаты (be) (Zlúčanyja Štáty) m pl, ЗША (be) (ze-še-á) m pl
• Bengali: যুক্তরাষ্ট্র (bn) (juktôrashţrô)
• Burmese: အမေရိကန်ပြည်ထောင်စု (my) (ămeri.kan pyidaungzu.), အမေရိက (my) (ămeri.ka.)
• Catalan: Estats Units (ca) m pl
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 美利堅合眾國 (cmn), 美利坚合众国 (cmn) (Měilìjiān Hézhòngguó), 合眾國 (cmn), 合众国 (cmn) (Hézhòngguó), 美國 (cmn), 美国 (cmn) (Měiguó)

• Czech: Spojené státy (cs) m pl
• Danish: USA (da), Amerikas Forenede Stater (da)
• Dutch: Verenigde Staten (nl) pl
• Finnish: Yhdysvallat (fi) pl
• French: États-Unis (fr) m pl
• German: USA (de) f, Vereinigte Staaten (de) pl
• Greek: Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες (el) (Inoménes Politeíes) f pl
• Haitian Creole: Etazini, (to/in the US) Ozetazini
• Hebrew: ארצות הברית (he) (artsot ha-brit) f pl
• Hindi: अमेरिका (hi) (amerikā) m
• Hungarian: Egyesült Államok (hu)
• Icelandic: Bandaríkin (is)
• Indonesian: Amerika Serikat (id)
• Interlingua: Statos Unite (ia)
• Irish: Stáit Aontaithe (ga) m pl

• Italian: Stati Uniti (it) m pl
• Japanese: 合衆国 (ja) (Gasshūkoku), アメリカ合衆国 (ja) (Amerika Gasshūkoku), 米国 (ja) (べいこく, Béikoku), アメリカ (ja) (Amerika)
• Jèrriais: Êtats Unnis m pl
• Khmer: សហរដ្ឋអាមេរិក (km) (saharoat aameirik), សហរដ្ឋ (km) (saharoat)
• Korean: 미국 (ko) (Miguk) (美國 (ko)), 아메리카 (ko) (Amerika)
• Kurdish: mızır amerîkayê (ku)
• Macedonian: Соединети Држави (mk) (Soedíneti D'ržavi) f pl
• Malay: Amerika Syarikat (ms)
• Navajo: Wááshindoon bikéyah ałhidadiidzooígíí
• Norwegian: De Forente Stater (no) m pl
• Persian: ایالات متحده (fa) (Eyâlât-e Mottahede)
• Polish: Stany Zjednoczone (pl) m pl
• Portuguese: Estados Unidos (pt) m pl
• Quechua: Hukllachasqa Amirika Suyukuna (qu)
• Romanian: Statele Unite f pl
• Russian: Соединённые Штаты (ru) (Sojedinjónnyje Štáty) m pl, США (ru) (sɛ-šɛ-á) m pl
• Serbo-Croatian: Sjedinjene Američke Države (sh) pl, Сједињене Америчке Државе (sh) pl
• Sinhalese: ඇමරිකාව (si) (æmarikāva)
• Spanish: Estados Unidos (es) m pl
• Swedish: USA (sv), Förenta Staterna (sv) n
• Thai: สหรัฐอเมริกา (th) (sàhà rát àmayrígaa)
• Turkish: Birleşik Devletler (tr)
• Ukrainian: Сполучені Штати (uk) (Spolúčeni Štáty) m pl, ЗША (uk) (ze-še-á) m pl
• Vietnamese: Hoa Kỳ (vi), nước Mỹ (vi), Mỹ Quốc (vi)

References

• Joint Publication 1-02 U.S. Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms; 12 April 2001 (As Amended Through 14 April 2006)

See also

• Appendix:Place names in United States

External links

• United States on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• United States on Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Commons
• United States on Wikinews. Wikinews
• United States on Wikiquote.Wikiquote